Sufferin' succotash! Council won't scratch cat rego fees yet

CAT registration won't end up in the litter tray, for another year at least.

Sunshine Coast Council voted unanimously to accept the recommendation to make the region a "declared council" so it can continue cat registration for the next 12 months.

The State Government scrapped mandatory registration in September, leaving it up to councils to decide if they wanted to continue the practice.

With the council already having collected 79% of the fees for the region's 11,471 registered cats, cancelling the program could have resulted in extra costs for giving the fees back.

Now the council will have a year to decide whether to keep registration and collect an estimated $183,000 in fees, or follow the route of other councils like Brisbane and scratch the program all together.

Councillors questioned what value the cat registration program had as cat microchipping was already compulsory.

Cr Tim Dwyer also requested assurance that all funds collected from cat registration would go towards the correct policing of cats.

The council will use the next 12 months to determine the value of the program and advise councillors on the best way forward.